Gascoyne bioregion

Gascoyne
Western Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Gascoyne in red
Area180,752.57 km2 (69,789.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gascoyne:
Carnarvon Pilbara Little Sandy Desert
Carnarvon Gascoyne Great Victoria Desert
Murchison Murchison Murchison

Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 180,752.57 square kilometres (69,788.96 sq mi).[2] Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]

  1. ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.